Feed-bag.



PATENTED AUG, 1, 1905. G. J. LANGMESSBR.

W No. 796,229.

FEED BAG.

APPLIGATION FILED Apn.12,.19os.'

UNITED STATES PATENT ormcn. CHARLES J. LANGMESSER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FEED'-BAG.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LOHARLEs J. LANGMESSER, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Feed-Bags, whereof the followingis a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to feed-bags for horses and other draft-animals; and, as hereinafter described, my improvements comprise a bag of canvas or similar flexible material provided at its mouth with an annular frame arranged to hold the same distended when in use, said frame being composed of sections hingedly connected and arranged to be folded when the bag is collapsed and said frame being supported in use by rods extending to the thills of the vehicle to which the animal is harnessed.

In the form of my invention hereinafter described said annular frame comprises two semicircular sections which are hingedly connected at right angles to the direction of length of the thills, and thesupporting-rods aforesaid are so connected with the hinged joints of said frame that the respective sections of the latter are held in horizontal posifeatures of construction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specified.

In the drawings, Figure I is a perspective view of a feed-bag embodying my improvements. Fig. II is an enlarged side elevation of the joint of the frame and rod nearest the observer in Fig. I; Fig. III is an enlarged side elevation of the joint of the frame and rod farthest from the observer in Fig. I. Fig.

1V is a fragmentary vertical sectional view'of the bag shown in Fig. I. Fig. Vshows the device in collapsed position.

Insaid figures, 1 is the feed-bag, of canvas or similar flexible material, provided at its top with the frame comprising the semicircular sections 2 and 3. Said frame-section 2 is provided with the hinge-eyes 1 and 5, which are merely plain loops extending in vertical Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 12, 1905. Serial No. 255,161.

?atented Aug. 1, 1905.

planes, as shown in detail in Figs. II and III.

The other frame-section 3 is provided with eye-loops 7 and 8, extending transversely in engagement with said eye-loops 4t and 5 of the frame-section 2, so as to form hinged joints for said frainehaving their axes alined trans- .versely with reference to the animal. The metal bar forming said eyes 7 and 8 is extended to form. theeyes 10 and 11, which extend in a horizontal plane, as indicated in Figs. II and III, and terminate in the vertically-disposed hooks 13 and 14, the use of which will be hereinafter described. Said bag 1 is conveniently supported by the rods 17 and 18, whose forward ends are respectively provided with eyes 20 and 21 in engagement with said eyes 10 and 11 on the frame-section 3. Said rods 17 and 18 are provided at their opposite 1 ends with loops 23 and 24, which are arranged I to slip over the vehicle-thills 25, and said rods respectively carry loose rings 26 and 27, which may be slid upon said rods 17 and 18 to engage the ends of the thills, as indicated in Fig. I, and prevent lateral displacement of the rods 17 and 18 with respect thereto.

It may be noted that in the operative position shown in Figs. I, II, and III the framesection 3 is prevented from swinging downwardly by resting'upon the rod 17, which extends beneath its eye 7, as shown in Fig. III, and the frame-section 2 isprevented from swinging downwardly by having its eyes I and 5'engaged with the eyes 7 and 8 and supported by the eyes 10 11 on said frame-section 3. Said frame-sections 2 3 may be folded upwardly upon their hinged joints aforesaid and may be locked in folded position by the be understood that said hooks 13 and 1 1 are so shaped as to retain said rods against accidental displacement, but are resilient, so that said rods may be manually withdrawn from the folded position shown in Fig. V. I find it convenient to also provide the bottom of the bag with a stiffening-ring conveniently secured thereto by transverse stitches, as indicated bythe cross-lines in Fig. V, and comprising two semicircular sections 32 and 33, the former being provided with verticallyextending eyes 35, engaged with the horizontally-extending eyes 36 on the section 33, as shown in Figs. I and V. As indicated in Fig. V, said ring-sections are secured in folded position by the rods 17 and 18 laid across them.

Although I find it convenient to employ the retaining-rings 26 and 27 on the rods 17 and 18 to engage the thills 25 and the ring comprising the hinged sections 32 and 33 on the bottom of the bag 1 to distend the latter, it is to be understood that either or both of said devices may be omitted.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise details of construction and arrangement herein described, as various modifications may be made therein without departing from the essential features of my invention.

I claim a 1. In a feed-bag, the combination with a bag of flexible material; of a frame secured at the mouth of said bag comprising opposite sections hingedly connected at the sides of the bag; rods pivoted to one of the frame-sections and provided at their free ends with means arranged to engage the thills of a vehicle, substantially as set forth.

2. In afeed-bag, the combination with abag of flexible material; of a frame secured at the mouth of said bag comprising opposite sections hingedly connected at the sides of the bag; rods pivoted to one of the frame-sections and provided at their free ends with means arranged to engage the thills of a vehicle; and a ring at the bottom of said bag comprising opposite sections hinged together in a plane parallel with the plane of the hinges of said frame, substantially as set forth.

3. In a feed-bag, the combination with a bag of flexible material; of a frame secured at the mouth of said bag comprising opposite sections hingedly connected at the sides of the bag; rods pivoted to one of the frame-sections and provided at their free ends with means arranged to engage the thills of a vehicle; and hooks extending from said hinge-joints arranged to lock said rods in folded position, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a feed-bag, the combination with a bag of flexible material; of a frame secured at the mouth of said bag comprising opposite sections hingedly connected at the sides of the bag; rods pivoted to one of the frame-sections and provided at their free ends with means arranged to engage the thills of a vehicle; hooks extending from said hinge-joints arranged to lock said rods in folded position; and loops on the opposite frame-sections arranged to interengage when said sections are folded together, substantially as set forth.

5. In afeed-bag, the combination with a bag of flexible material; of a frame secured to the mouth of said bag, comprising opposite sections having hinge-loops connected at the opposite sides of the bag; loops extending laterally from one of said sections; hooks extending vertically from one of said sections; supporting-rods pivotally connected to said laterally-extending loops, and arranged to be locked in folded position by said hooks; thillengaging loops in rigid relation with the free ends of said rods; retaining-rings in slidable relation with the res pectivc rods, substantially as set forth.

6. In a feed-bag, the combination with a bag of flexible material; of aframe secured to the mouth of said bag, comprising opposite sections having hinge-loops connected at the opposite sides of the bag; loops extending laterally from one of said sections; hooks extending vertically from one of said sections; supporting-rods pivotally connected to said laterallyextending loops and arranged to be locked in folded position by said hooks; thill-engaging loops in rigid relation with the free ends of said rods; retaining-rings in slidable relation with the respective rods; and loops on the opposite frame-sections arranged to inter-engage when said sections are folded together, substantially as set forth.

7 In a feed-bag, the combination with a bag of flexible material; of a frame secured to the mouth of said bag, comprising opposite sections having hinge-loops connected at the opposite sides of the bag; loops extending laterally from one of said sections; hooks extending vertically from one of said sections; supporting-rods pivotally connected to said laterally-extendingloopsand arranged to be locked in folded position by said hooks; thill-engaging loops in rigid relation with the free ends of said rods; engaging rings in slidable relation with the respective rods; loops on the opposite frame-sections arranged to interengage when said sections are folded together; and a ring at the bottom of said bag comprising opposite sections hinged together in a plane parallel with the plane of the hinges of said frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 10th day of April, 1905.

CHARLES J. LANG'MESSER.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR E. PAIGE, CLIFTON C. HALLownLL. 

